Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-18
The Senatorship.

The Sen0tOfshtps
The HERALD is in possession OF a
letter from very prominent member
Of the State Senate, and one who was
in the recent caucus when Mr.. Hearst
was nominated for United States
Senator. Our correspondent gives
the inside history of that event, and
that is a most flattering one to Mr..
/. w. Hellman.
Mr.. Hearst seems to have had the
honor secured to him before the Leg
islature met at all. The only way to
have beaten him would have involved
= liberal use of the modern power vul-
garly known as "boodle." The vul-
gar use of this vulgar influence was
something each and all those named
in opposition to Hearst positively re-
fused to resort to. Mr.. Hellman was
emphatic in his utterances in this
connection. "Not one cent?" was
about the tenor Of it. Sam. Wilson
vas of the same mind, and White, OF
Los Angeles, joined the grand band
of stalwarts.
The writer OF the letter before us
says Mr.. Hellman could easily have
secured the prize by the outlay OF
not a large amount of money. This
gentleman said he did not want it at
the expenditure of dollar in any
improper way.
All the outgivings adverse to
Hearst were from the leaders OF the
San Francisco delegations, and were
for the purpose of bleeding "uncle
George" as they term the new sena-
tor. Without "boodle" they were
for him" FIRST, last and all the time" "
They worked hard to create the i'm
preston that the pull was strong
AGAINST Hearst, SO as to force him to
open his sack.
When the caucus met the Southern
California delegations tried to get an
adjournment, hoping delay would
break into the solid phalanx OF the
Hearst men. With this in view, -.
]. Rose, Senator from this county,
moved to that effect, and the follow
ing members of the caucus voted for
the motion: Boggs, Britt, Colbert,
Cope, Haynes, Hinshaw, Lenahan,
Lewis, Mann, Ohleyer, Pinder, Rose,
Rucker, Sargent, Spurgeon, Sullivan,
Toner, White. The others were all
for immediate action. This settled
i. and when a vote was taken on the
Senatorial matter, the vote was: For
Jackson Temple-Haynes, Hinshaw,
Benison. For s. M. Wilson-Boggs,
Mann, Ohleyer, Sargent. For l. W.
Hellman- Rose, Spurgeon, White.
This was a complimentary vote by
his own delegation, as Hellman was
not a candidate. All the rest voted
for Hearst. viz: "a members.
There were number of men who
were really opposed to Hearst, but
who seeing it inevitable that he was
the coming man, took an early oppor'
+unitv to make their friendship ap
parent to him.
Mr.. Hellman's attitude in this mat
ter ut all points has won for him
.Golden opinions from all sorts of people
Not seeking the Office otherwls'
than in response to very enthuslas
tic and spontaneous call from MI
friends-and their name is legion, all
over the State-he positively refused
to use a dollar improperly for hi
cause. More than this, he declined
TO 90 into the lists in any active ri
yalry with Hearst, evidently bein
m ore than content to remain an hon
ored citizen in private life, among hi
old-time +. lends. His claims on tn
marty are second to those OF no Dem
ocrat in the State. His qualification
for the Office are conceded to be con
spicuous in any comparison tina
could be made.
Had it not been for the compac
front Of the San Francisco members
Hellman would have been the cholc
Of the party. Delegates from tina
city did not disguise their sentiments
Doodle" out of the question
they were for Hearst. Proper "in
fluence might overcome their 10y
atty. Bat without "some consider
able insult" as /" Poo Bah " says
mo man from the country had an.
claim on them. As it was Hears
seems to have had hard squabbl'
with some OF those who were no
averse to taking a little souvenir o
their fidelity.
The report goes that Hearst was a
sdamant to all these onsets. HI
stood back upon his claims on tn
party, asked that party fealty b
kent with him. If his claims were just